• Memphis Sanitation Worker Who Marched With MLK Dead At 92

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    One of the last remaining sanitation workers who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis during the civil rights movement has passed away.
    Elmore Nickelberry died early Saturday morning (Dec. 30) following a hospital stay, a spokesperson for his family told ABC 24. The late activist was 92.
    Nickelberry was one of the last living sanitation workers who protested for better pay and working conditions in 1968. He was 36 years old at the time. This drew the attention of th

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